Investments

In today’s globalized world, businesses often expand beyond national borders. We specialize in minimizing political risks and protecting foreign investments. Our services include:

• Identifying the scope of legal protection for planned and existing investments
• Optimizing protection options, considering fiscal consequences
• Representing investors in Investor-State-Arbitration under various rules (ICSID, SCC, ICC, UNCITRAL)
• Enforcing arbitral awards

Recent matters include:

• Counselling in an ICSID arbitration related to the seizure of claimant’s real estate and business assets on the basis of alleged tax evasion, purportedly including physical mistreatment and the conviction of company personnel for various alleged customs, import and taxation offences.
• Counselling in an investment arbitration related to claims under the Energy Charter Treaty arising out of a series of energy reforms undertaken by a government affecting the renewables sector, including a tax on power generators’ revenues and a reduction of subsidies for renewable energy producers.
• Counselling in an ICSID arbitration arising out of the revocation of a licence to operate games of chance and lottery under alleged concerns of money laundering.